History

Every year, over 10 million tourists visit Wyoming. According to a new list, there's one place they should avoid. Business Insider recently ranked "The Worst Tourist Trap in Each State", naming the Frontier Prison in Rawlins as Wyoming's worst...

71 years ago today, on August 11, 1946, the Wyoming Air National Guard was officially created. Over the years, the 153rd Airlift Wing has flown in the Korean War, Vietnam, the invasion of Panama, the Gulf War and the War on Terror. The group also assisted humanity missions in Bosnia, El Salvador, Haiti, Indonesia, Kosovo, Serbia and Somalia...

For centuries, people have associated solar eclipses with demonic possession. Luckily, you can keep the evil spirits away on the 21st by taking a bath in urine. The word lunatic is derived from the latin term for the moon, lunares. In India, some cultures believe that celestial events can cause people to go crazy...

2017 could be a season to remember for Pokes fans. The Wyoming Cowboys football and basketball teams haven't both been this good in three decades. In 1987, coach Paul Roach's football team finished the season 10-3, earning an invitation to the Holiday Bowl...

Last year, New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo became the 15th Wyoming native to play Major League Baseball. Nimmo's long road to the majors is similar to the Cowboy State's first big leaguer, Bob Harris. Harris was born and raised in Gillette...

Cheyenne was built by an 1863 mandated railway act and has a lot of fans of Union Pacific Railroads. This year, we get some extra days to take in the Steam Shop

"Wild" Bill Hickok was one of the most famous gunslingers in American history. He was also a hopeless romantic. 141 years ago, on August 2, 1876, the old west icon was shot and killed at a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. Several months earlier, Hickok had written a love letter to his wife, Agnes Lake, with instructions to read it upon his death...

When, and if, Casper millionaire and philanthropist Tony Cercy stands trial for sexual assualt, it will likely rank among the most infamous trials in Wyoming history. To properly prepare you for the media circus, here's a look back at the biggest blockbuster court cases ever conducted in the Cowboy State...

I was the 1st DJ anywhere in the world to play “Wildfire” on the radio. It went on to become a platinum selling hit record for Michael Martin Murphy.

The annual United States Air Force Thunderbirds air show in Cheyenne was grounded today due to inclement weather. Conditions were eerily similar 40 years ago this week, when a United States Air Force Thunderbirds pilot was killed after his plane crashed at Frontier Park on July 25, 1977...